[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Had a right freddy the other week, after months of not really enjoying photography.I spat the dummy out.

Well, mojo is back, and woking on a new project at the mo.


Abseiling off the Inaccessible Pinnacle

[LisaDJ]

I like it

[mort666]

Cool. looking forward to seeing the rest of your creations in this set

Glad to hear the mojo is back. I'm concious that I'll have to try not to get into too much of a rut with what I am doing at the moment, even though I'm enjoying snapping away at motorsport events

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Ta guys - it can be all too easy to become jaded if you aint careful...

[happy-kat]

By confessing about the spat does that not mean we can't actually comment?

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Comment away Kate

[danellis]

Mint.

Did you see the Lego model they made of Obama's inaugoration?

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

This one?

[happy-kat]

Loving the subjects, strangely interesting.

Just feel that the granite and background carry the same weight and I think I might like to see a difference to these two aspects of the picture. Maybe it is not that, maybe it is because the granite is sharp right across the surface, perhaps I want to see it being softer the closer it gets to me, then the background doesn't matter.

Do like the lego though, quite compelling to look at.

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Thanks Kate. The stone is actually concrete I found in the carpark!

This is really just the test phase at the moment, trying to work things like lighting and background out. Taking your point re focus on board, in real life, the image would be sharp right across the range, as the distance involved, even at f1.4 would create a crisp image.

I have some more with selective focus that kind of work, but only if heavily cropped. Will play with them later.

What I really want is a slightly dull day, and a nice bit of rock, esp for the climbing shoot. Still not convinced that shooting outdoors will work, but if you dont try, you will never know

[mort666]

Shooting outdoors may work but I think it will depend heavily on the rocks you find and also what sort of background you'll be able to get in.
I suppose for a proper climbing shot you'd need basically only the sky behind (unless they are climbing low to the ground ) which means mainly shooting upwards and this could obviously cause some exposure headaches (i presume)

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Spot on Paul, but would use fill flash from the strobe to keep the light balanced. Would prefer some fluffy clouds in the background too.

[happy-kat]

I remember chewing Mojos, showing my age I expect!

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

You and me both chuckie

[mort666]

I was assuming you would have some form of fill-in flash, but I suppose it's more difficult to get it spot on compared with studio/indoors/photoshopping a sky onto it.

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Its not too difficult Paul, but you do really need a light meter.

In this case I would take a reading with meter facing the sky behind the models. I would then calculate the fill flash ratio based on the GN, distance from flash to subject, and how I've throttled the light down ( in this case, a pringles tube over the the flash, with a matrix clipped on the end ).

That way I can get the fill flash to be spot on, leaving the sky as it should be , and the subject illuminated.

[mort666]

sounds far too complicated. I prefer my method when trying new types of shots. turn up unprepared, take a few quick snaps using whatever method/settings seem right, go home, look at them on the PC, realise they aren't really that good and stick to what is easy in future

[Matt & Tiggr MKIII]

Thats no good

Push your boundaries You have been with the HDR stuff, try it with lighting too.

[mort666]

Yep, need to go and have more of a play, including doing more HDR stuff.